Re: Fwd: [GNU bug Tracking System] bug#73864: Acknowledgement ([PATCH] gnu: rust: update to 1.82)

["Brennan Vincent" <brennan@umanwizard.com>]

Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> writes:

> On Tue, Oct 22, 2024 at 07:31:05AM +0000, Divya wrote:
>> On 21 October 2024 18:08:44 GMT, Brennan Vincent <brennan@umanwizard.com> wrote:
>> >Note that we already have Rust 1.81 in rust-team, and I have already
>> >sent a patch to update to 1.82 (the latest stable). Usually Efraim
>> >reviews these updates.
>> >
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>> >From: help-debbugs@gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
>> >To: Brennan Vincent <brennan@umanwizard.com>
>> >Subject: bug#73864: Acknowledgement ([PATCH] gnu: rust: update to 1.82)
>> >Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 15:12:01 +0000
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>> 
>> Hello Brennan,
>> 
>> That sounds like good news then. It should be available in the guix
>> channel soon then?

It will be available after (1) it is reviewed and merged to the
rust-team branch, and (2) the next time after that when rust-team is
merged to master.

I can't predict how long that will take, but it could be a few
months. If you urgently need Rust 1.82 faster than that, you need to
take another approach, for example, one of the following:

* Configure your system to use the rust-team branch rather than master,

* Use my guix-rust-next channel I linked in the other thread (note: not
  supported by the official Guix project, but it's working for me),

* If you're on a foreign distro, just install Rustup and don't use Guix
  for Rust stuff. (Less feasible if you're on GuixSD).

In general, Guix is not a distribution where major changes to packages
land immediately, so in cases like Rust where the language is
fast-moving enough that most developers want to use the latest version,
you have to get used to using some workaround.

>
> I'm not sure I have the time to do all the testing necessary for bumping
> rust to 1.82 currently so right now I'm about to join the merge queue
> with rust-1.81.

Efraim, let me know if/how I can help with testing/maintaining new Rust
releases. I've been sending the patches for new versions as they come
out but I'd also be able to help in other ways if you tell me more about
what your workflow is for merging them.

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